Elastic Leadership

Chapter 2. Matching leadership styles to team phases

This chapter covers

• Three team phases
• Leadership types
• Goals for team leaders

This chapter is a quick guide to recognizing the three team phases and the leadership types that make the most sense for each phase.

First, let’s clarify why we need to define these phases. The reasons have to do with our overall goal as team leaders. What do you think your role is as a team leader? For a few years, I had to guess. Nobody told me and I had no one to learn from.

Before we go on, I want to clarify the terms used in this book. The words phase and mode are used almost interchangeably throughout the book. For example, in the learning phase you go into learning mode. Phase is where you think your ...